Toy pistol.



J. R. ROHN.

ToY PlsmL. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22.1914.

1,144,791 Patented June 29, 1915.

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TOY PISTOL.

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Patented June 29, 1915.

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JOHN B. BOHN, OF PITTSBURGH, 'EIVZNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 FEDERAL TOY PISTOL i COMPANY, OFAHOMFSTEAD,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA..

TOY PISTOL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application Bled October 22, 1914. Serial No. 868,045.

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Be it knownthat I, JOHN R. RonN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in toy pistols of the general construction illustrated in patent to W. R. Atkinson, No. 1,061,257, May 13,1913.

One object herein is to render more effective the spring-opposed and spring-impelled movements of the trigger and hammer by providing each with a separate spring arranged or positioned in such manner as not to retard true pivotal movements of the parts. This is best accomplished by providing springs of coil form which emrace the trigger and hammer pivots, preventing the moving parts from so tipping or canting as to scrape or grind against the casing and thereby retard the movements of said parts. Toys of this character are of comparatively rough and loose construction, and the scraping or binding of the working parts, due to canting or tilting under distorting spring action, retards their operation. Accurate application of the spring force is also desirable in order to minimize movement obstruction resulting from rust and corrosion.

A further purpose is to afford the trigger limited movement independently of the hammer before raising or cooking the latter, whereby the initial portion of the backward movement of the trigger is in the main opposed only by the spring against which the trigger acts, the resistance o'ered by the hammer not being encountered until after the trigger has had an appreciable start with the result that the load is taken up gradually and the mechanism is thereby caused to operate with greater ease than though the entire load were encountered at the inception of the trigger movement.

A further purpose is to improve the construction of the pistol frame whereby convenient access may be had to its interior for inserting the cap strip roll, also for initially adjusting the strip to the feeding and firing mechanisms.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the internal mechanism of a. toy pistol embodying the invention, a portion of the casing being removed and the parts shown in normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the hammer cocked and just before it is released. Fig. 3 is a view in detail of the trigger and associated parts, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the hammer. Fig. 5 is across-section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. l. Figs. G and 7 are side elevations of the improved pistol, in Fig. 6 all of the parts bein shown in normal position, and 1n Fig. 7 t e gate-like portion of the frame being shown open as when inserting the strip roll, the feeding and firing mechanisms being retracted for initially passing the strip upwardly over the feeding and ffiring abutment. Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken on line s s 0f Fig. c.

leferring to the drawings, 2 designates the main portion of the pistol frame which forms one-half of the grip or handle 3 and barrel 4, the portion of the frame removed from the disclosures of Figs. 1 and 2 completing the gri'p and barrel outlines, as in Fig. o, and serving to inclose the mechanism. At the rear of barrel 4 is the magazine chamber 5 for a percussion strip roll 6, which is adapted to pass upwardly over the upright guide or abutment 7, agamst the upper portion of which the percussion spots of the strip are adapted to be fired by hammer 8.

The hammer is mounted between the upper portions ot' the sectional frame on stud 9 which projects from frame-part 2. The body portion of the hammer is formed on its face adjacent part 2 .with the open-end depression 10, and fitting in the latter and embracing stud il is the coiled spring 11. (hie extremity ot' the spring bears against the top wall of depression 10, and the other and longer extremity l1 projects outwardly through the open end of the depression and engages the anchoring stud 12 on frame part 2.

The trigger 123 is mounted on the pivotforming screw 1i secured to frame part 2, with the coiled spring 15 embracing the screw and with one extremity of the spring engaging the frame and the other extremity a shoulder 13 of the trigger, thereby holding the latter normally in a forward position. An arln 1G projecting rearwardly from the trigger has pivoted to one side thereof the strip-feeding'pawl 17 and at its opposite side the Sear 18, the pawl and Sear being preferably fprmed with apertures to receive the proJecting trimnions 19 on aim 16. lawl 17 presses the percussion strip against abutment `7, forcin 1t upwardly step by step as the trigger 1s operated for presenting fresh portions to the hammerstriking upper portion of the abutment.

The upper extremity of sear 18 normally engages the guiding surface 20 of the inner portion of the hammer, said surface terminating in shoulder 21 which isadapted to be engaged by the sear for lifting and retracting the hammer, as will be understood. The pawl and scar areheld normally separated with the former pressing against abutment 7 and with the extremity of the sear in engagement with surface 20, the parts being so held by the interposed spring 22 in much the same manner as the Atkinson patent above referred to. Normally, sear 18 engages surface 20 at a point slightly beneath shoulder 21, as in Fig. 1, thereby affording the sear limited upward movement relatively to the hammer before the Sear and shoulder are engaged for the hammer-raising or cocking movement. By this means the trigger is afforded slight initial movement independently of the hammer, the resistance of the latter not being encountered until shoulder 21 is engaged by the extremity of the sear so that the trigger- 'pulling action is accomplished more easily than though the entire resistance were encountered at the inception of the backward or firing movement of the trigger. The trigger having been pulled and the hammer raised, as in Fig. 2, the sear slips from shoulder 21, whereuponA the hammer is thrown forward by spring 11 against the upper or firing portion of abutment 7. Upon releasing the trigger it and pawl 17 and sear 18 are restored by spring 15 to normal position and in readiness to repeat the operation.

In order to conveniently insert a fresh strip-roll 6 and apply the strip initially to abutment 7, a portion of the front side frame is in the form of a' gate 23 which is hinged at 24 between the sectional barrel parts 4, the hinge-carrying extremity of the gate being in the forni ef a cam head 25 which is engaged by the llat spring 26, the pressure of the latter operating to hold the gate closed as in Fig. 1, :1nd when the gate is turneddewn into open position, as in Fig. 7, the spring then retains it in that position. The portion of gate 23 closes the roll magazine or chamber 5 and also incloses the upper portion of the trigger mechanism, and an extension 23' of the gate closes one side of the space in which the strip-feedin mechanism as well as abutment 7 are locate When a fresh roll is to be inserted the gate is tui-ned down from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that of Fig. 7, thereby so opening and exposing the i'oll chamber and the space through which the strip feeds that the latter may be readily applied. After the roll is slipped onto its spindle the strip is passed Y ,ative relation with the feeding and firing parts. When the ate is closed the parts are as completely inc osed as though the gate were an immovable part of the side frame.

With the spring for the hammer arranged as shown, the latter is caused to have a true pivotal movement on stud 9 Without tilting or canting, and hence Without so scraping or grinding on the casing sides as to retard the operation. And substantially the same condition is true of the pivotal action of trigger 13, spring 15 holding it true and imparting a concentric rather than a distorting resistance.

I claim 1. In a toy pistol, the combination of a frame having separable sides spaced apart and with the space open .at the top, a hammer fitting and movable through the open upper end of said space and held against lateral play by the frame sides, the hammer formed with a pivot passage and with a spring recess in one side, the open side of the recess closed by one of the frame sides and with the recess open through the edge of the hammer, a transverse pivot stud projecting from the recess-closing face of the frame sides and across said recess and into the pivot passage of the hammer, a spring within the hammer recess and coiled about said stud with one extremity of the spring in engagement with the recess wall, an abutment in the frame for the other extremity of the spring, and hammer actuating means.

2. In a toy pistol, the combination of a frame containing a strip-roll magazine, strip feeding and :tiring mechanisms inclosed within the frame, said mechanisms including an abutment extendin downwardly from the top of the frame, t e frame being open at one side to expose the maga- Y zine and also open downwardly from its top to expose the entire length of the abutment, and a hinged gate for closing the open side of the frame, the gate including an upward extension for closing the space extending to the top of said abutment. A

3. 1n a toy pistol, the combination of a.

frame containing a strip-roll magazine, strip feeding and firing mechanisms within the frame und including an abutment over which the strip passes, t e frame being open nt one side to expose the abutment and the magazine, a gate adapted to close the frame opening, the gate formed with a cam head, a hinge mounting for the head within the frame, and a. s ring coperating with the head for normal holding the gate closed. 10 

